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Happy New Year - What Will You Do?
Genesis 1The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hove...
Don\'t Forget To Be Generous | Why Are We Here - Conclusion
Who Are We See this is what we are called to be. We are to be the light that points people to God. We are the seasoning that reminds people to look outside of themselves for the answers. Take a look at Matthew 5:13-16: "Let me tell you why...
God's Man | Success Is Inevitable COACH...
As a Coach, as a Leader, you must constantly review “Everything” You are doing and get better! Never, Never stay put! Either you are Growing and Getting Better, or you are dying!...
God's Man | Success is Inevitable IF
Your goals are NON-NEGOTIABLE If you don’t have what you said you wanted: You really didn’t want it bad enough, or You were attempting to negotiate the price. MAKE SURE YOUR GOALS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE! ...
30 Day Trial Day 11 | Act Natural...
Welcome to Day 11 - Just Smile And Wave BoysSo today was a day of flexibility. I had an expectation of how my time would be spent today but after a shift here and a turn there I didn't get started on my "important task" until way late. Sorry about ...
God's Man | More Thoughts on Persistance...
Yesterday's 30 Day Trial Post has now got persistence on my brain. Here is another story from Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. When Henry For decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders c...
30 Day Trial | Day 30 | Finish Strong...
Welcome to Day 30 - Finishing StrongCongratulations To all of you who have run this race with me. I am so glad to see so many of you at the finish line. Everyone of you has shown tremendous strength getting this far and now it is time to evaluate h...
30 Day Trial | Day 29...
Welcome to Day 29 - Uncommon ExcellenceFinally got some internet going here on my vacation. I plan to go back and fill out yesterday's post. The photo, at least for me, speaks for itself. Now that it is day 29 I want to ask you how you are doing? ...
30 Day Trial | Day 26...
Welcome To Day 26 - How Many Words do I Get For Pretty PicturesWell they say that a picture is worth a 1000 words than this should cover today's word count. I present "Adventures in Cake Making." This illustrates an point that I was making a few days...
30 Day Trial | Day 25 | Not Me Edition...
Welcome to Day 25 - The Home StretchSo here we are in the home stretch. One more week to go and you will have conquered your goal over the last 30 days. I am proud of all of you. Since it is Monday that means that I must once more give into my Not...
30 Day Trial | Day 24
Welcome to Day 23 - God's Love Endures ForeverToday at Living Hope Church we passed a significant milestone. Our UNITE campaign completed all of the tasks in the Red phase and now we are ready to move to our new location. My mini message today was ...
30 Day Trial | Day 23
Welcome to Day 23 - Have FunBecause I want to continue living today's topic this will be a short post. No Traveler's Gift quote or deep topics today. I want all of your Challengers to go out there and have fun. Whatever your goal is I want you to ...
30 Day Trial | Day 22
Welcome To Day 22 - Who Surrounds YouToday I want to talk about this quote, "I will seek wisdom. I will choose my friends with care. I am who my friends are. I speak their language, and I wear their clothes. I share their opinions and their habits."I...
30 Day Trial | Day 21
Welcome to Day 21 - Having a Forgiving SpiritToday I want to talk to you about one of the most power development concepts out there. This one concept can increase your income, improve your health, and fix relationships with family and friends. It c...
30 Day Trial | Day 20
Welcome to Day 20 - Pursue Your DreamsThere comes a point where we have to decide if we are going to think about our dreams or pursue them. Have you decided that this is it for? Have you totally sold out to your goal for this 30 Day Trial? If you ...
30 Day Trial | Day 19
Welcome to Day 18 - Stay Hungry Stay FoolishOne of the statements that I hated growing up was this, "You are too young. When you get older you will understand why what you are doing isn't possible." There are very few things that I hate but I HATE ...
30 Day Trial | Day 18
Welcome to Day 18 - Choose to be HappyToday I want to talk about being happy. Happiness is one of those desires that people have but it seems to elude a lot of them. One of the Seven Decisions in the Traveler's gift gives the key to really understa...
30 Day Trial | Day 17
Welcome to Day 17 - What's Your PositionToday I was privileged to speak at Living Hope Church on the idea of Church as a Team Sport. What an awesome team of people that I get to serve with. Even on an extremely random weekend like this we saw God m...
30 Day Trial | Day 16
Welcome to Day 16 - The Buck Stop HereI love the book The Traveler's Gift. If you haven't read I suggest that you do. It is an excellent read and has lots of good food for growth and development. It is the story of David Ponder who, while going th...
30 Day Trial | Day 15
Welcome to Day 15 - Do It Now! I want to applaud all of my 30 Day Trial Challengers. Those of you who update everyday and those of you who are silently running along. I appreciate that you are doing this with me and for yourselves. Today I want to...
30 Day Trial | Day 14
Welcome to Day 14 - Your Ideas Have Value... When I was teaching I spent a lot of times telling my students that this country is built on ideas. That ideas are everywhere. That their ideas had tremendous value. The problem is that we spend a lot o...
30 Day Trial Challenge | Day 13
Welcome to Day 13 - How Do You See YourselfAt my church one of the classes that I facilitate is LHC 201 Discovering your Personality and Gifts. This class consists of two tests. One is the DISC personality survey and the other is a Spiritual gifts ...
30 Day Trial | Day 12
Welcome to Day 12 - Do You Need A RechargeSo I was dying all day trying to write this post. I was struggling to figure out what to say. I felt like I wanted to quit. To let this thing go. So I hung out with my guys tonight and did some bowling. ...
30 Day Trial | Day 11
Welcome to Day 11 - Not Me EditionWell here we are Day 11 of the 30 Day Trial Challenge and also another Not Me Monday. I didn’t get a reprimand for mixing my meme’s by McMama. Over at her blog she started the Not Me Madness. I would never hav...
30 Day Trial | Day 10
Welcome to Day 10 - What Are You Waiting ForGod gave me this as I was preparing for my mini message on giving. Matthew 13:2-9 reads:"What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds at...
30 Day Trial | Day 9
Welcome to Day 9 - First Things FirstToday's idea is taken from the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. It is the idea of doing things in their proper order. In the diagram we see 4 quadrantsImportant and UrgentNot Important and U...
30 Day Trial | Day 8
Welcome to Day 8 - Hedgehog or FoxAre you a hedgehog or a fox? I have been digging through my success library and found my copy of Good to Great by Jim Collins. At the beginning of Chapter 5 “The Hedgehog Concept there is this passage:The fox is a...
30 Day Trial | Day 7
Welcome to 30 Day Trial Challenge Day 7 : Quiet ReflectionSo we made it through the first week and now comes two very important parts to this challenge. Number One is take time out today for quiet reflection for what you have accomplished this week....
30 Day Trial | Day 6
Welcome to Day 6: Flashlight or LaserbeamI know that I will get a bunch of email for using this picture. A picture is worth a thousand words and this one is no different. What is the difference between a flashlight and a laser? The difference is t...
30 Day Trial | Day 5
Welcome to Day 5: Play More..."The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and play, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues...
